Established in 2019, the Middle East Regional Office (DRMO) was created to anchor and promote operational synergies among the three entities of the AFD Group, for the benefit of its clients and partners. Based in Amman, the Regional office covers four countries: Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian...
Faced with the worsening triple burden of malnutrition—undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and obesity—particularly in developing countries, it is becoming urgent to fundamentally rethink food systems. This joint AFD and CIRAD brief is part of this dynamic...
In the Three Oceans, AFD focuses its operations on economic and social development, and on tackling common challenges such as climate change and inequalities.
To provide a holistic response to cross-border issues and promote regional integration between the French Overseas Territories...
In July 2023, France annonuced significant development funding, and the opening of an AFD office in PNG. The first AFD officer posted in PNG arrived in June 2024. Expertise France, AFD’s technical subsidiary, opened a project office in 2023. AFD is working closely with other donors and...
Every day, 2.3 billion people still cook using traditional methods, with biomass fuel such as wood or charcoal. These practices have major impacts: they contribute to climate change, accelerate forest degradation, and aggravate gender inequality through exposure – especially among women and...
Social, economic and climate changes affect human, animal and ecosystem health. Their increasing interdependence requires an integrated and multi-sectoral approach to address them effectively.
This is the objective of the One Health approach, which has been mobilizing a growing number of...
The Republic of Moldova is facing significant geopolitical, economic and social challenges. To address these, the country has embarked on an ambitious process of reforms and modernization aimed at joining the...
Carbon finance is experiencing significant growth in the countries and sectors where the AFD Group operates, serving as a promising lever for additional funding toward mitigation projects and, more broadly, for development initiatives.
This position paper aims to outline the AFD Group's...
In 2020, to align its 100% Paris Agreement and 100% Social Link commitments with its market presence, AFD Group introduced a bond issuance framework aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Since then, more than 17 billion euros equivalent have been issued...
In 1994, with the dawn of democracy, the AFD Group and South Africa started a partnership aimed at supporting the country’s ambition to build a new inclusive and thriving society.
Since then, the AFD Group has invested a total of 4.2 billion euros in energy, water and sanitation, transport...
In 2023, the number of international migrants reached more than 280 million, representing 3.6% of the world’s population. There are many drivers of migration (economic, social, political, cultural, climatic, environmental), and it interacts with the development process as a source of both wealth...
Both a protean, multicultural region, but also a space of transitions and mobility, North Africa faces major challenges: accelerated urbanization (two-thirds of the population in North Africa lives in...
Composed of the French Development Agency (AFD), in charge of financing the public sector and NGOs, research and training, its subsidiary Proparco, dedicated to fi nancing and support for the...
AFD has been supporting the civil protection sector since 2019, with the goal of bolstering the resilience of both governments and populations affected by natural, climate-related and industrial hazards. AFD loans and...
AFD Group promotes a fair and inclusive transition in Georgia, and its convergence path towards its integration in the European Union. It has been operating in Georgia since 2012 in the sectors of energy, agriculture and irrigation,...
The World Bank Group (WBG) and AFD Group have built together innovative and impactful partnerships that catalyze finance, analytics and technical services at global, regional, country and local levels. Both agree on the importance of mobilizing all available resources to scale up development...
Located at the crossroads of West and Central Africa, Cameroon has historically been one of AFD Group’s main countries of intervention. Most recently, AFD has supported Cameroon through major infrastructure projects such as the...
AFD Group has been working in Indonesia for over fifteen years to promote green and inclusive growth, with the goal of supporting the country’s low-carbon development in the framework of a just and resilient transition.
AFD...